| TWISTED | Like the letters of one word in 17-, 27-, 45-, and 60-Across - and what the words themselves can be |
| CANDYCOATING | Sweet covering for an apple or a pretzel... and, when reparsed, a feature of one word in each of this puzzle's theme entries? |
| LIBRETTO | Italian word for a little book containing the words of an opera; or, the words themselves (8) |
| INORDER | Like the letters of "almost," alphabetically |
| SOS | Mayday call, or a pattern found in 17-, 27-, 45-, and 60-Across |
| BREAKINGBAD | Hit AMC crime drama starring Bryan Cranston ... and what the words in the starred clues' answers are doing, literally? |
| SHH | Shushing sound spelled with three letters of one of the words in this clue |
| NBC | TV network spelled in the even letters of "one buck": Abbr. |
| SHAREACAB | Split the taxi fare ... and what the words do in 18-, 24-, 39- and 55-Across |
| BREAKFAST | When you might eat 8-Across ... and what the circled letters in 8-Across do |
| BIGDIPPER | Part of 17-Across ... and what the circles from A to G depict |
| SOP | The usual routine, briefly, and a hint to the starts of each word in 17-, 27-, 47-, and 63-Across |
| TEE | End of each word in 17-, 27-, 43- and 54-Across - as well as every clue (and that's a fact!) |
| HERECOMESTHESUN | Beatles song, and a hint to the hidden word in 17-, 27- and 44-Across |
| EYELID | This answer refer to the contents (first three letters) and position (second three letters) of 1-Across |
| RAINWATER | State rule on 13 across and what's in The Cloud presumably (9) |
| JELLY | What quivering legs feel like ... or a word that can precede the starts of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Acro |
| ALLSHOOKUP | No.1 hit for the subject of the new biopic Elvis-and like the letters in ELVIS in one word of each theme entry |
| TMESIS | From "to cut", the interpolation of one word into the middle of another word, as in "abso-blooming-lutely" (6) |
| SAVEIT | "That's enough!" ... or what one can do with the first word of 17-, 27-, 45- and 60-Across |
